01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Y Chromosome, Spermarche, Relational Aggression

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Foels

Document Summary

Sexuality - refers to everything that makes us sexual beings, including our sexual activities, attitudes, and behaviors. Biological sex refers to the classification of people based on their sex chromosomes and their internal and external reproductive organs. This biological status includes the categories of male, female, and intersex. Gender - refers to the categories or dimensions of masculinity and femininity based on social, cultural, and psychological characteristics. Sex determination - designation of genetic sex, which guides the activity of hormones that direct the development of reproductive organs and structures. Our genetic sex is determined by our father"s sperm combining with our mom"s egg to form a zygote contains genetic material from both parents in the form of 46 chromosomes - 23 from mom, 23 from dad. The 23rd pair of chromosomes (sex chromosomes) include specific instructions for the zygote to develop into a female or male. Egg from mom contributes an x chromosome.